XF 1.2 Apache Redirects To Nginx Help

[Brent W]

I moved a forum from vBulletin to xenForo and have the following in .htaccess:

RewriteRule f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]RewriteRule f([\d]+)/ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [NC,L]

I would like to move this forum to Nginx server but need to know what to replace those rewrites with.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Try this (specify the name of the vB directory):

location /vb/ {
	rewrite f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 last;
	rewrite f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ showthread.php?t=$1 last;
	rewrite f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 last;
	rewrite f([\d]+)/ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 last;
}

You may need to specify the full web path for the PHP scripts. For example, if they are in your XF directory:

location /vb/ {
	rewrite f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /xf/showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 last;
	rewrite f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ /xf/showthread.php?t=$1 last;
	rewrite f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /xf/forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 last;
	rewrite f([\d]+)/ /xf/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 last;
}

 

[Brent W]

That doesn't seem to be working.

What I have is this url: http://www.shottalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35562 (i know its not a vbSEO url but still isn't working under nginx)

Should redirect to this url: http://www.shottalk.com/threads/cleveland-588s-mb-cb.35562/

but instead it redirects to http://www.shottalk.com/

 

[Jake Bunce]

What I have is this url: http://www.shottalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35562 (i know its not a vbSEO url but still isn't working under nginx)

Should redirect to this url: http://www.shottalk.com/threads/cleveland-588s-mb-cb.35562/

but instead it redirects to http://www.shottalk.com/

Rewrites aren't even in play for that URL.

When those scripts redirect to the index it usually means the import_log table name is wrong in the 301config.php file.

 

[Brent W]

I checked but the table is the same as in 301 config file. Pm you screenshot to show.

 

[Brent W]

Thanks Jake. I used an ID that was past the import date without thinking. Everything seems to be working great.

 

[Brent W]

This URL http://3.7mustang.com/vb/f81/i-hate-dumb-people-207136/ is not working with the following:

  location /vb/ {
    rewrite f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 last;
    rewrite f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ showthread.php?t=$1 last;
    rewrite f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 last;
    rewrite f([\d]+)/ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 last;
}

/vb/ is the actual directory that vb was installed in. xenForo is installed in the root.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Where are the redirect scripts (e.g. showthread.php)?

 

[Brent W]

in the /vb/ folder.

The forum used to be located in /vb/

When we converted to xenforo we moved the forum to the root folder which is simply http://3.7mustang.com/

 

[Jake Bunce]

Ignoring the rewrites, this redirect script itself isn't working:

http://3.7mustang.com/vb/showthread.php?t=207136

It should redirect to the thread in XF, or at least the index page in XF in the case of an id map failure.

Double check the existence of showthread.php, and check the 301config.php file to ensure a correct path to XF.

 

[Brent W]

Ignoring the rewrites, this redirect script itself isn't working:

http://3.7mustang.com/vb/showthread.php?t=207136

It should redirect to the thread in XF, or at least the index page in XF in the case of an id map failure.

Double check the existence of showthread.php, and check the 301config.php file to ensure a correct path to XF.

Fixed the showthread problem. We just moved servers today on that site.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Ok. Now it's just the rewrites that aren't working.

To remove all doubt, try using full web paths for everything:

location /vb/ {
	rewrite ^/vb/f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /vb/showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 last;
	rewrite ^/vb/f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ /vb/showthread.php?t=$1 last;
	rewrite ^/vb/f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /vb/forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 last;
	rewrite ^/vb/f([\d]+)/ /vb/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 last;
}

 

[Brent W]

Ok. Now it's just the rewrites that aren't working.

To remove all doubt, try using full web paths for everything:

location /vb/ {
    rewrite ^/vb/f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /vb/showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 last;
    rewrite ^/vb/f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ /vb/showthread.php?t=$1 last;
    rewrite ^/vb/f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /vb/forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 last;
    rewrite ^/vb/f([\d]+)/ /vb/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 last;
}

That seemed to do the trick.

 

[Brent W]

Well that worked for the link I used earlier.

This doesn't still: http://3.7mustang.com/vb/f7/‎

 

[Jake Bunce]

Well that worked for the link I used earlier.

This doesn't still: http://3.7mustang.com/vb/f7/‎

The redirect (and rewrite) is working for me, but XenForo says the forum is not found. Was that particular forum deleted after migrating?

 

[Brent W]

The redirect (and rewrite) is working for me, but XenForo says the forum is not found. Was that particular forum deleted after migrating?

Thanks, didn't even pay attention to that.

 

[Brent W]

The redirect (and rewrite) is working for me, but XenForo says the forum is not found. Was that particular forum deleted after migrating?

Hopefully this will be my last question here: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/changing-domain-name-with-redirects-under-nginx.61585/

This site has been quite the headache.

 

[Brent W]

What about these two to nginx?

RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+-([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]

RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+.html showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]

 

[Mike]

Probably worth trying: http://winginx.com/htaccess

Though you may need to modify the output to reflect the /vb/ directory that's been mentioned in previous posts.

 

[Brent W]

Nice, didn't know that existed. Thanks